His brilliant 40-20 kick five minutes into the second half turned a defensive position into an attacking one and set up the move which saw Brayden Wiliame slide over.

Catalans were suddenly 14 points clear and Warrington, way below their best, were on the ropes.

The fact they were had come about courtesy of a burrowing, close-range try from Ben Garcia to reopen an eight-point gap after Ben Murdoch-Masila had finally got Wire on the board.

Murdoch-Masila’s try — a scoot under the posts — came after Fouad Yaha lost Ratchford’s kick under pressure from Toby King and normal service, it seemed, was resumed. But then Garcia gave the French side breathing space again, Wiliame added a little more, and the Dragons were in dreamland.